viander
French, verb/vjɑ̃.de/
viander is a French verb meaning “to come a cropper, to take a tumble, to fall over” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Pâturer, en parlant des cerfs et autres bêtes fauves”.
What does viander mean in English?
verb
- 1
informalto come a cropper, to take a tumble, to fall over
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Pâturer, en parlant des cerfs et autres bêtes fauves. 2. Se tuer, se blesser, notamment d’une façon violente, souvent au volant ou au guidon d’un véhicule, et d’une manière générale « avoir un accident ». 3. Tomber violemment.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of viander
- avoir viandé infinitive past
- en viandant gerund present
- en ayant viandé gerund past
- viandant participle present
- viandé participle past
- je viande indicative present
- tu viandes indicative present
- il/elle/on viande indicative present
- nous viandons indicative present
- vous viandez indicative present
- ils/elles viandent indicative present
- j’ai viandé indicative past multiword-construction
- tu as viandé indicative past multiword-construction
- il/elle/on a viandé indicative past multiword-construction
- nous avons viandé indicative past multiword-construction
- vous avez viandé indicative past multiword-construction
- ils/elles ont viandé indicative past multiword-construction
- je viandais indicative imperfect
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce viander?
- /vjɑ̃.de/
- \vjɑ̃.de\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is viander in French?
viander appears about once in every 42 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).